Romans 2:9-19

9 There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
10 But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every person who does what is good, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
11 God does not play favorites.
12 Here's the reason: Whoever sins without having laws from God will still be condemned to destruction. And whoever has laws from God and sins will still be judged by them.
13 People who merely listen to laws from God don't have God's approval. Rather, people who do what those laws demand will have God's approval.
14 For example, whenever non-Jews who don't have laws from God do by nature the things that Moses' Teachings contain, they are a law to themselves even though they don't have any laws from God.
15 They show that some requirements found in Moses' Teachings are written in their hearts. Their consciences speak to them. Their thoughts accuse them on one occasion and defend them on another.
16 This happens as they face the day when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge people's secret thoughts. He will use the Good News that I am spreading to make that judgment.
17 You call yourself a Jew, rely on the laws in Moses' Teachings, brag about your God,
18 know what he wants, and distinguish right from wrong because you have been taught Moses' Teachings.
19 You are confident that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in the dark,
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